Strange Fruit (CHORDS) by Moddi

[Verse]~
D#m                     C#
Southern trees bear strange fruit!

D#m                     A#m
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root!

G#m                     B               A#m
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze!

B               A#              D#m     C#      D#m
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees!


[Verse]~
D#m                     A#m
Pastoral scene of the gallant south!

D#m                     C#
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth!

B                       A#m
Scent of magnolias,.. sweet and fresh!

B                       A#m     A#
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh!


[Verse]~
B       C#      A#m             D#m
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,..

B       C#      A#/D            D#m    

C#
for the rain to gather,.. for the wind to suck,..

B       A#      D#m     C#      G#/C
for the sun to rot,.. for the trees to drop!

B                       A#7
Here is a strange and bitter crop!